The Care and Feeding of Children eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 114 pages of information about The Care and Feeding of Children.

The Care and Feeding of Children eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 114 pages of information about The Care and Feeding of Children.
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Since the sugar dissolves, the total will be twenty ounces in each column.

Of any of the formulas, 25 ounces is made by using one quarter more of each ingredient; 30 ounces, by using one half more; 35 ounces, by using three quarters more; 40 ounces, by using twice as much, exactly as described in the First Series on page 73.

The approximate composition of these formulas expressed in percentages is as follows: 

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FORMULA.    Fat.      Sugar.      Proteids.
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I.       2.50     6.50       1.25
II.       2.80     6.50       1.40
III.       3.15     7.00       1.55
IV.       3.50     6.00       1.75
V.       4.00     6.00       2.00
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How should the food be increased during this period?

Beginning with I of this Series, which should usually follow V of the First or Second Series (pages 70, 71), the increase may generally be made in a week or ten days to II; in about two weeks more to III; now more slowly to IV and V. When IV or V has been reached, the same formula may sometimes be continued for three or four months with no other change than an increase in the quantity.

In passing from Formula V of the First Series to Formula I of the Third Series the proportion of fat is at first reduced.  Is this necessary or important?

No; it only happens to come so in simplifying the calculation.  It may be avoided by taking off at first the upper 13 ounces as top-milk and using 7 ounces of this in a 20-ounce mixture, in place of Formula I; and by using for the next increase the upper 15 ounces as top-milk, taking of this 8 ounces in a 20-ounce mixture in place of Formula II.  Then should follow Formula III.

What further addition may be made to the food of the later months?

Usually about the sixth or seventh month, farinaceous food in the form of gruel may be added, this taking the place of part of the water and part of the sugar.

What changes may be made in the food when the infant has reached the age of ten or eleven months?

The proteids may be still further increased, and the sugar and the lime-water reduced until plain milk is given.

How may this best be done?

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